The Thistle Range
Artex provides a wide variety of Thistle products, including the Thistle Essential Plasters, ThistlePro Plasters and the Thistle Convenience Plasters range. We provide you with all the essential resources required to complete the task.
Thistle Convenience Plasters
To support an end-user who doesn't need a 25kg bag of plaster, we offer a convenience range. Within this range we supply Thistle undercoat, Thistle Finishing & Thistle One-Coat plaster in 7.5kg & 12.5kg bags.
No two jobs are the same and when it comes to plastering and ensuring repairs are quick, the Thistle Convenience range – available through Artex Ltd lives up to its name. We look at the three products in the range: Thistle Undercoat Plaster, Thistle Finishing Plaster, and Thistle One Coat Plaster.
Thistle Undercoat Plaster
Internal base coat plaster for small plastering jobs.
Easier to handle in smaller-sized bags.
Ideal for a range of low-suction backgrounds and patch repairs or filling chases.
Thistle One Coat Plaster
Convenient undercoat and finishing plaster in one
Ideal for patch repairs
Thistle Finishing Plaster
Internal finish coat plaster for small plastering jobs.
Ideal for smaller repairs.
Use over Thistle Undercoat Plaster or plasterboard backgrounds.
Thistle Convenience Plasters are available in strong, water-resistant small bags to reduce damage and waste. All our Thistle Convenience Plaster bags are made from 50% recycled plastic.
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ThistlePro Plasters
British Gypsum has developed a range of high-performance plasters giving various benefits to the end applications. We offer the ThistlePro Magnetic Plaster and ThistlePro FastSet Finish from this range.
Time is always of the essence to housebuilders. Fact. ThistlePro plasters offer finishing solutions that help you to build homes that meet the ever-changing needs of homeowners. While the Thistle Essential plasters range features everyday undercoat and finishing plasters, used daily by most plasterers, the ThistlePro range offers finishing products and solutions with faster finishing times.
ThistlePro Magnetic
Finishing plaster that attracts magnets.
5m² coverage per bag based on 3mm thickness.
Ideal for gallery or noticeboard walls where displays are changed regularly – no fuss, no mess.
ThistlePro FastSet Finish
Sets in just 60 minutes - to get plastering jobs done faster.
Rapid setting finishing plaster for use on undercoated plaster and plasterboard backgrounds.
Easy to apply and leaves a smooth finish • 10m² coverage per bag based on 2mm thickness.
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Thistle Essential Plasters
The Thistle Essential plasters houses the range of everyday plasters. Within this range we are able to offer the very popular Thistle Bonding, Thistle Hardwall, Thistle MultiFinish and Thistle BoardFinish.
Thistle Hardwall
Quick drying undercoat plaster with high impact resistance – ideal for most masonry backgrounds.
3m² coverage per bag, based on 11mm thickness
Suitable for both mechanical and hand application
Thistle MultiFinish
Versatile finishing plaster, ideal for undercoat plaster and plasterboard backgrounds
10m² coverage per bag based on 2mm thickness
Provides a seamless finish prior to decoration
Thistle BondingCoat
For low-suction backgrounds such as concrete, plasterboard and surfaces treated with bonding agents (e.g. Thistle Bond-it)
2.75m² coverage per bag based on 11mm thickness
Thistle BoardFinish
For low to medium-suction backgrounds, such as plasterboard and cement-based undercoats
10m² coverage per bag based on 2mm thickness
Provides a seamless finish prior to decoration
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Powder and ready mixed texture for creating or smoothing over textured walls